5 Jun 2014

Researchers are looking at how social media can be used to prevent relapse in a person living with mental illness. The world-first pilot study will use a Facebook app to look at
changes in a person’s social media interactions to predict when a person
living with a mental illness is likely to experience a relapse. Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Deputy Director of the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Centre (MAPrc),
said social media had the potential to be a life-saving way to prevent
relapse for patients with bipolar disorder, a substantial clinical
problem. See Monash story, 26/06/2014